{"id":2732,"date":"2026-06-21T21:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2026-06-21T21:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:38:01","slug":"serena-williams-44-will-play-singles-at-wimbledon-after-wild-card-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2732","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams, 44, will play singles at Wimbledon after wild-card invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild-card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2730\">The World Cup, 40 years after Maradona in Mexico: Two hands and plenty of handouts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the 44-year-old Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.<\/p>\n<p>And it means that Williams will play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon after already accepting a wild card for the doubles competition with older sister Venus.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2720\">SF Giants\u2019 2-1 loss in Miami seals sixth sweep; Devers objects to pinch-runner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Serena\u2019s last singles match was a loss to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open. At the time, she said she didn\u2019t want to use the word \u201cretiring\u201d and instead declared that she was \u201cevolving\u201d away from tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Serena has won 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, including seven at Wimbledon. She has also won 14 Grand Slams in doubles, all with Venus, and six of them at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2718\">Larger World Cup led to predictions of lopsided affairs. The results tell a different story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon starts June 29.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her last singles match was a loss to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Serena Williams, 44, will play singles at Wimbledon after wild-card invitation - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2732\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serena Williams, 44, will play singles at Wimbledon after wild-card invitation - 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